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1.Hosni Mubarak finally steps down (aljazeera.net)
332 points by dzlobin on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 127 comments [ext]
2.Microsoft just bought Nokia for $0 (jacquesmattheij.com)
278 points by plinkplonk on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 155 comments [ext]
3.1000+ Nokia workers have walked out in protest (in English via Google Translate) (googleusercontent.com)
252 points by benwerd on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 165 comments [ext]
4. Adoption, Not Product, Is What Kills Vertical Software Bets ()
374 points by ium4024 70 days ago | hide | 174 comments
4.Toyota, The Media Owe You an Apology (businessweek.com)
184 points by AndrewWarner on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 77 comments [ext]
5.Does my company have IP rights to the stuff I do in my spare time? (onstartups.com)
167 points by SandB0x on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 116 comments [ext]
6.Nokia Confirms Microsoft Partnership, New Leadership Team (techcrunch.com)
167 points by andre3k1 on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 175 comments [ext]
7. Why isn't anyone panicking? (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 12 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
7.TechCrunch Tours Dropbox Offices (techcrunch.com)
172 points by jkincaid on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 79 comments [ext]
8.Khan Academy and BitTorrent Partner to Distribute Educational Videos (hackeducation.com)
162 points by audreyw on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 21 comments [ext]
9.GroupOn, LivingSocial engaging in questionable practices (techcrunch.com)
157 points by benwerd on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 58 comments [ext]
10. Discord's Real Lesson: The Meta-Layer Enterprise Slack Can't Build (kwokchain.com)
448 points by aok168 431 days ago | hide | 83 comments
10.Reddit AmA: Director of the first ISP to challenge the USA Patriot Act (reddit.com)
154 points by mixmax on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 17 comments [ext]
11.Pervasive myths about older software developers (lessonsoffailure.com)
149 points by cpr on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 68 comments [ext]
12.BBC To Delete 172 Websites Due to Budget Cuts, Geek Saves Them for $3.99 (readwriteweb.com)
149 points by rmah on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 67 comments [ext]
13. Borrowed Conviction, King-Making, And The Fragility Of Engineered Winners ()
44 points by gtl4094 91 days ago | hide | 70 comments
13.Nokia’s Suicide Note (ibiblio.org)
131 points by cwb on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
14.How Aaron Barr revealed himself to Anonymous (arstechnica.com)
126 points by ibejoeb on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 85 comments [ext]
15.Stack Exchange’s Architecture in Bullet Points (serverfault.com)
112 points by sagarun on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
16. A Basket of Tiny Currencies Is Eating the Dollar's Reserve Share (wolfstreet.com)
488 points by gon322 113 days ago | hide | 68 comments
16.Nokia to developers: no Qt for Windows Phone development (engadget.com)
111 points by tomh- on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 64 comments [ext]
17.Ask HN: Hackers falling in love [ext]
106 points by rmundo on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 68 comments [ext]
18.Pandora Files To Go Public (techcrunch.com)
101 points by pitdesi on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
19. The communication technique that subverts taking turns on purpose (togetherlondon.com)
195 points by dem3275 169 days ago | hide | 48 comments
19.Visualizing The New Arab Mind (kovasboguta.com)
99 points by programnature on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
20.Paul Irish on HTML5 Boilerplate (ontwik.com)
87 points by ahmicro on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
21.37signals support satisfaction ratings now public (37signals.com)
82 points by wlll on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
22. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 229 days ago | hide | 180 comments
22.Pinboard Creator Maciej Ceglowski Talks About Why Boring Architecture is Good (readwriteweb.com)
82 points by tortilla on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 44 comments [ext]
23.And so I'm giving up the Mozilla project - Jamie Zawinski (1999) (jwz.org)
77 points by Andrew-Dufresne on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 37 comments [ext]
24.Nokia and Microsoft Announce Plans for Mobile Partnership (microsoft.com)
77 points by andre3k1 on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
25. When Professionals Arrived: The 2024 Inflection That Flipped Kalshi's Economics (jbecker.dev)
380 points by orz1950 90 days ago | hide | 148 comments
25.PlayStation 3 Hacker Must Allow Sony to Inspect His Hard Drive (wired.com)
77 points by ssclafani on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 57 comments [ext]
26.F1 Engine Power Secrets (2000) (pureluckdesign.com)
71 points by libpcap on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
27.Offshoring: does it ever work? (stackoverflow.com)
68 points by Unosolo on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 66 comments [ext]
28. Why Getting Funded Stopped Meaning Your Idea Was Good ()
70 points by kol7770 98 days ago | hide | 139 comments
28.Reddit is hiring. We're looking for 3 rockstar programmers. (reddit.com)
67 points by jedberg on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 105 comments [ext]
29.Nokia's Windows Phone 7 concept revealed (engadget.com)
63 points by tomh- on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 47 comments [ext]
30.Whitney Tilson: Why We Covered Our Netflix Short (seekingalpha.com)
63 points by njohnw on Feb 11, 2011 [ext] | 37 comments [ext]
31. When Inside Information Meets Polymarket: The Venezuela Coup Trade (archive.ph)
298 points by can738 84 days ago | hide | 122 comments

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